Biography

TRANSACTIONS:- Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:- Has played in 48 games with 17 starts…Career totals include 131 receptions for 1,847 yards (14.1-yard avg.) and 12 touchdowns and 44 punt returns for 345 yards (7.8-yard avg.), with a long runback of 32 yards.

TRANSACTIONS:- Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:- Has played in 48 games with 17 starts…Career totals include 131 receptions for 1,847 yards (14.1-yard avg.) and 12 touchdowns and 44 punt returns for 345 yards (7.8-yard avg.), with a long runback of 32 yards.- In 2014, Randle played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season with 13 starts…Caught at least 1 pass in every game and finished 2nd on the team with career-high totals of 71 receptions – he had 60 combined in his first 2 seasons - and 938 yards. He also scored 3 touchdowns.- Randle (71) and Odell Beckham Jr. (91), his former LSU teammate, became the 1st Giants duo to record at least 70 receptions each since 2011 (Victor Cruz 82 and Hakeem Nicks, 76).- Caught 4 passes for 39 yards and scored his 1st touchdown of the season on a 7-yard pass vs. Arizona (9/14)…Had a career-high 8 receptions (for 89 yards) at Washington on Sept. 25….Contributed 4 catches for 33 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown, vs. Atlanta (10/5).- Had 7 receptions for a then-career high 112 yards vs. San Francisco (11/16)…His previous best was 101 yards at Dallas on Sept. 8, 2012…Randle caught 6 passes for 132 yards and a 7-yard touchdown at St. Louis (12/21). His 49-yard reception on the Giants’ opening drive was the 2nd-longest of his career; he had a 56-yard catch at Dallas as a rookie on Oct. 28, 2012.- In St. Louis, Randle had 132 yards, and Beckham, his former LSU teammate, added 148. It was the 1st time 2 players from the same team and the same college each had at least 100 receiving yards in same game since Sept. 23, 2007, when Oregon State’s and the Cincinnati Bengal’s T.J. Houshmandzadeh (141) and Chad Johnson (138) did it.- Randle caught six passes for 158 yards, breaking the career high of 132 he set the previous week in St. Louis, vs. Philadelphia (12/28)…He actually set his personal best for a full game with 134 yards in the first half.- Randle and Beckham each exceeded 100 yards in the final 2 games, the 1st time the Giants had two 100-yard receivers in back-to-back games since Oct. 6 (Lionel Manuel/Bobby Johnson) and Oct. 13 (Manuel/Mark Bavaro), 1985.

- In 2013, Randle played in all 16 games with 3 starts…Led the Giants with 6 touchdowns, all on receptions, while catching 41 passes for 611 yards….Was the team’s primary punt returner and finished with 29 returns for 237 yards (8.2-yard avg.) with a long of 32 yards…Opened the season with 5 receptions for a career-high 101 yards (20.2-yard avg.) at Dallas (9/8). In that game, Victor Cruz (118 yards), Hakeem Nicks (114) and Randle (101) each had at least 100 receiving yards, the 1st time in franchise history that 3 different players exceeded the century mark in the same game…Tied his career high with 6 receptions for 96 yards, including touchdowns of 26 and 6 yards, vs. Philadelphia (10/6)…Scored in each of the following 2 games on receptions of 37 yards at Chicago (10/10) and 24 yards vs. Minnesota (10/21)…Also scored on a 5-yard catch vs. Oakland (11/10) and a 26-yarder vs. Green Bay (11/17)…Did not have a reception in 3 games: at Philadelphia (10/27), vs. Seattle (12/15) and vs. Washington (12/29, when he left the game in the 2nd quarter with a knee injury…Randle’s 24 fair catches in 2013 were the 2nd-highest total in franchise history, behind only Phil McConkey’s 25 in 1988.- As a rookie in 2012, played in all 16 games with 1 start…Finished season with 19 receptions for 298 yards (15.7-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns…Led the Giants with 15 punt returns for 108 yards (7.2-yard avg.) with a long runback of 18 yards…Had his first 2 punt returns for 23 yards vs. Tampa Bay (9/16)…First career reception was a 4-yarder at Carolina (9/20)…Had a season-long 18-yard punt return at Philadelphia (9/30)…Finished with season-high totals of 6 catches for 82 yards vs. Cleveland (10/7)…Had 2 catches for 68 yards, including a season-long 56-yarder, at Dallas (1/28)…Caught 1 pass for 43 yards at Baltimore (12/23)…Made 1st NFL start in place of Hakeem Nicks in season finale vs. Philadelphia (12/30) and scored the game’s first 2 touchdowns on receptions of 3 and 38 yards…Finished with 4 catches for 58 yards.

COLLEGE:- Randle played in 40 games with 25 starts at LSU - 4 at slot receiver, 9 at flanker and 12 at split end…Caught 97 passes for 1,634 yards (16.9-yard avg.) and 13 touchdowns…His average of 17.3 yards per reception in 2011 tied Josh Reed (2000) for 4th on the school’s single-season list…Randle’s 8 touchdown catches in 2011 placed 11th on the Tigers’ annual list…In 2011, earned 1st-team All-Southeastern Conference honors from the league’s coaches…Played in 14 games with 12 starts at split end…Led the team and finished with a career-high 53 receptions for 917 yards (17.3-yard avg.) and 8 touchdowns…The Tigers struggled with their passing game, ranking 109th of the 120 major colleges with an average of 152.5 yards per game, but Randle placed 3rd in the conference with an average of 65.5 yards receiving per game…In 2010, played in 13 games with 9 starts at flanker…Ranked 2nd on the team with 33 receptions for 544 yards (16.5-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns…In 2009, played in 13 games with 4 starts as a true freshman and finished 4th on the team with 11 receptions for 173 yards (15.7-yard avg.) and 2 touchdowns…His 1st collegiate catch was a 15-yarder vs. Louisiana-Lafayette…Had a season-long 31-yard reception vs. Auburn and scored on catches of 17 and 25 yards.

OFF-THE-FIELD-ACTIVITY:- Greeted Giants fans and signed autographs at The Children’s Place in Paramus, N.J.

PERSONAL:- Played at Louisiana powerhouse Bastrop High School…Starred as the Rams’ quarterback and also saw action at wide receiver, in addition to handling punt and kickoff return duties…The team went 15-0 in both his sophomore and junior seasons and ranked 2nd in the state in both 2006 and 2007…Guided the Rams to an 11-2 finish as a senior…In his 3 seasons as a starter, Bastrop posted a 41-2 record…As a sophomore, Randle was utilized mostly as a receiver, catching 14 passes for 433 yards and 7 touchdowns on a team that won the 2006 Class 4A state championship…The next year, he caught 55 passes for 1,058 yards and 11 touchdowns, helping Bastrop to its second consecutive Class 4A state title…Also returned 12 punts for 247 yards (20.6-yard avg.) and 2 scores while completing 7-of-8 passes for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns…As a senior in 2008, was named a Parade All-America and was a 1st-team All-USA selection by USA Today…Threw for 2,442 yards and 20 touchdowns while completing 166 of 274 attempts (60.6%) with 9 interceptions…Rushed for 680 yards and 12 scores on 101 carries (6.7-yard avg.) in addition to catching 2 passes, including a 16-yard touchdown…Scored 104 points on 14 touchdowns and 20 conversions and gained 99 yards on 9 punt returns…Sports administration major…Son of Troye and Emmett Randle…Born Rueben Jacob Randle in Bastrop, La.